July Festival Schedule

First friday of each month at 7-10 pm
Held at Rivermont Presbyterian Church in Enon, Virginia
(in Chesterfield County)

Wallowa Lake is a beautiful glacial lake with moraines on both sides at about 4100' elevation, bordered by Chief Joseph Mountain and the Eagle Cap Wilderness peaks at 9500'.  The town of Joseph is six miles away with galleries, cafes and bronze sculptures.  Our camp is in the woods just a ten-minute walk from the lake.  Morning classes and afternoon electives plus time to hike, swim and explore.

Drive time to Wallowa Lake:

7 hours from Seattle, 6 hours from Portland, 4.5 hours from Spokane and Boise, 3.5 hours from Tri-Cities (Pasco), 2 hours from Pendleton or Lewiston.  About an hour south of Field Spring State Park, where Kindred Gathering was once held.

Nearest airports:  Lewiston, Pendleton, Walla Walla, Pasco, Boise.
Fly to Lewiston and we might be able to pick you up!

$225 before June 1, or $250 afterward, plus lodging and meals.

With 6 stages operating continually throughout the daytime, an evening Main Stage, over 60 acts playing over 150 hours of music, there is a wealth of music to hear and discover.

Feast on tasty dishes at our International Food Court.

For the best selection of Festival artists' recordings, music books and accessories, drop by the Home-Made Music tent.  The Festival Store offers a complete line of official Folk Festival gear.

Bring your children and join the fun of the Family Area.  There's juggling, painting, origami, kite-making, lively supervised games, as well as performances specially programmed for the whole family.

Located in beautiful Birds Hill Provincial Park, which also offers camping.

Camping reservations can be made until July 1 by calling:  888.482.2267 or 204.948.3333

Held at Davis & Elkins College, 2.5 hrs. from Charleston, WV, 3 hrs. from Pittsburgh, PA, 4-5 hrs. from D.C. A week-long mountain dulcimer course for Advanced Beginners & up will be taught by Lois Hornbostel. It will cover Cajun and Old-Time Music and dulcimer playing techniques. Jams with Cajun & Creole staff and students, dances, concerts, student showcase. For more info in general, go to the Augusta Heritage Website and go to "Music" or "Theme Weeks".

Held at Cannonsburgh Pioneer Village Park.

$15,000 in prize money. Two days of highly charged competitions including three national titles in Old Time Banjo, Old Time Buckdance and Old Time Clogging.

Other contests:
Old Time Band, Bluegrass Band, Bluegrass Banjo, Dulcimer, Dobro, Harmonica, Jug Band Contest, Contest Fiddle, Old Time Fiddle, Youth Instrumental, Guitar, Mandolin, Free Wheelin' (person who captures the entertaining spirt of Uncle Dave), Old Time Singing

Saturday features a "motorless parade" - historic E. Main St. - 10 AM
Sunday features a gospel show and sing.

Two awards presented:

1. Heritage Award:
   Janice and Bill Birchfield of the Roan Mountain Hilltoppers
   Saturday, 5 pm on stage
   
   
2. Trailblazer Award:
   Thomas Maupin, Old Time Buckdancer
   Friday, 7 pm on stage

Held on the Green River at Camp Keewanee.
Friday 9am through Sunday 7pm
Donations gratefully accepted to cover expenses
Summer day camp facilities including:

• Unfurnished cabins to play music in (no beds)
• Bathrooms and showers
• Picnic pavilion & basketball court
• Camping and parking on flat ground
• Frolicking in the Green River
• Saturday Morning Secular River Immersions
• Midnight Reenactment Vol. 1 Harry Smith Anthology
• Waltzing Potluck Saturday Night
• Clog-a-thon
• Sunday Morning Gospel Sing

The world's largest hammered dulcimer festival.

Held in Evart, Michigan at the Osceola County Fairgrounds and presented by the Original Dulcimer Players Club (ODPC).

The event features not only hammered dulcimers, but most every acoustic string instrument.  (fiddle, guitar, bass, mountain dulcimer, banjo, dobro, pennywhistle, harp, autoharp, harp, hurdy gurdy, concertina, uklele, harmonica, mandolin, etc.)  Lots of concerts, 220+ workshops, open stage, jamming, and sales booths.  Camping available.

Admission for all three and a half days is $3.  Camping $10 nightly.

Sponsored by the Titusville Council on the Arts.  A wonderful weekend of learning, sharing, playing, singing, jamming and performing dulcimer, folk and fiddle music in an informal school setting.  Weekend pass $60. plus meals and lodging.  Camping with shower access.  Pitt dorm is handicap accessible.  Registration Deadline extended to July 1, 2011.

All acoustic instruments.  Bluegrass, Gospel, Old-Time, Country, Folk and Contra Dance music.

• Jams
• Workshops
• Concerts
• Open Stage
• Instrument Building Classes
• Evening Dance
• Merchant Vendors
• Camping
• Showers

This event takes place at Western Carolina University.

This event had its start in the 1970's at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, and has been described by many participants as the "Cadillac" of dulcimer events for its well-planned and large curriculum for mountain dulcimer players.  An abundance of jam session and sing-along choices, both mid-day and evenings for jammers of various experience levels, led by staff.  Evening staff concerts, participants' open stage, Sunday night buffet/get acquainted event, free loaner dulcimers, scholarships, Dulcimer Marketplace, Dulcimer Doctor, chair massages.

To receive a brochure/registration form contact Bobby Hensley

2010 WCU's Mountain Dulcimer Week will offer a Kids' Camp that will run concurrently with Dulcimer Week!  Bring your children or grandchildren with you to Dulcimer Week this year because a class will be offered for kids 4th through 8th grade.  While you're enjoying your skills classes, the kids will be building and decorating their own cardboard dulcimer in addition to learning how to play it.

Other musical activities will include creating instruments using recycled or found objects.  A particular highlight for the kids as part of the week's curriculum will be an afternoon of whitewater rafting on the Nantahala River!

Held at the First Baptist Church North Houston (4422 Lauder Road) This is a new festival in Houston in the hot summertime. Fortunately for all of us it is held inside in the air conditioning.

A few friends got together and decided there needed to be a festival in Houston during the summer. Talk turned into plans and the Bayou City Old Time Music and Dulcimer Festival was born. The organizers created the festival for the fun of it - all money received will go to the headliners, facility and expenses.

There will be food available at the festival, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and snacks.
Workshops in the morning and on request during the afternoon.
Organized jam sessions.
Evening concerts.

Last Saturday of each month: May through August Live Music! Great Vendors!

Held in the Courtyard Plaza --
400 Block of S. Myrtle Ave. in Old Town.
The time is 6:00 to 9:00 PM

A series of events that starts in May and will finish up in August. What a fun way to spend a warm balmy summer evening - great music, shopping and good friends.

There will be live music, lots of great vendors and FREE
music lessons on cool instruments like mountain dulcimers, hammered dulcimers, banjos, spoons, etc. This event is
meant for the whole family and entrance is FREE!

Mountain and Hammered Dulcimers and Autoharps

• Jams
• Workshops
• Concerts
• Open Stage
• Merchant Vendors
• Camping
• Showers
• Pets Allowed

Climate controlled workshop rooms, loding on grounds of historic estate, restaurant, indoor amphitheater.  Featured Performers:  Tull Glazener, Dan Landrum, Mike Fenton!  Reserve rooms now!

Near Austin.
Held in the Clute Municipal Park.

• Live music onstage!
• BBQ & Fajita Cook-Off
• Dodge Ball Sting Tournament
• Doubles Horseshoe Pitching Tourmament
• Doubles Washer Pitching Contest
• Haystack Dive
• Mosquito Calling Contest
• Interactive kids events
• Mosquito Chase 5KM Run
• Mr. & Mrs. Mosquito Legs Contest
• O' You Beautiful Doll Contest
• Senior Citizen's Bingo
• Petting Zoo
• Water Slide

Held at Bonnie Doon Campground.  Located at the amazing Boomeria, a private renaissance estate in the lush Santa Cruz mountains, just south of the San Francisco Bay Area. “Boomeria”, an enchanting outdoor setting among the majestic redwood forest in the hills above Santa Cruz.  Boomeria features a three story castle, catacombs and a massive working pipe organ.  This is an all day event, consisting of workshops (all levels), lots of space for informal jamming & getting acquainted, an inviting setting under lots of redwood trees, swimming, potluck dinner, a 40 rank pipe organ demonstration by P.Q. Boomer (this is really amazing--you can sit inside the organ's works while it's being played!), and an enjoyable evening showcase/jam that highlights the many voices of the dulcimer.

Nationally recognized dulcimer stars Leo Kretzner, Peter Tommerup and Neal Hellman plus local dulcimer teacher Ron Beardslee. A full day of music instruction, jam sessions, socializing and outdoor relaxation with some of the finest and most inspiring instructors available anywhere. Instruction this year covers a a wide variety of styles, including Italian, Scandinavian, early music, French waltzes, Celtic, and American blues.

The resort towns of Felton & Ben Lomond are about 7 and 5 miles away.

Check for festival updates on the Redwood Dulcimer Day Website


The Redwood Mountain Dulcimer All-Star Collection CD
This outstanding compilation CD celebrates the first 10 years of Redwood Dulcimer Day at Boomeria, Bonny Doon, CA (2001-2010) and features instrumental selections from all the dulcimer artists who have taught at Redwood Dulcimer Day to date.  All proceeds from CD sales benefit future Redwood Dulcimer events and Community Music School of Santa Cruz, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Hear audio clips and purchase your copy (or copies!) here.

Honoring Traditional Music and Dance in the Champlain Valley.
Held in Kingsland Bay State Park on Lake Champlain in Ferrisburgh Vermont.

Held at YMCA Camp Shady Brook, which is located 1 1/2 hours southwest of Denver and 1 hour northwest of Colorado Springs, near the town of Deckers, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The site was originally a 19th century ranch, and the dining lodge is one of the original buildings.

Not just for fiddlers!! Great workshops for fiddle, piano, cello, bass, flute, harp, banjo, guitar, mandolin, hammer dulcimer, singing, contra, square & step dancing! Classes and workshops by day - Jams, concerts and dancing at night!

$575 per adult. Early payment discount available until April 30!

Warren Wilson College is a small, picturesque mountaintop college east of Asheville, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Close to I-40. On-campus lodging and meals (outstanding dining hall fare) available. Close to Asheville and mountain vacation attractions. Campgrounds in vicinity.

Swannanoa Dulcimer Week has two tracks - Hammered Dulcimer and Mountain Dulcimer. Classes are limited to 15 students. First two periods are with main teacher, then a separate aftenoon course choice is available with another instructor. Concerts, Open Mike, Dances, Dances, Dances, Lotsa Jamming. Special Opportunity: Participans in Dulcimer Week may at no extra cost attend classes/activities in our "sister" week, Sing, Swing & String Week, featuring classes in singing, dancing and other instruments. We are exposed to new music styles we rarely get to hear at other dulcimer events.
Staff to be listed here later.